, 1887-09-29

Senator Mitchell bauquettcd Senator
Stanford in Portland the other day
Tie Port Angeles colony had lots Of
tuu last wreh clcctiuE new directors.
Mrs. Pugh will move into her resi-
dcrce 90 the bill near Mayor dcLioHs.
lie infant daughtErErf Z. y. and
Clara Fisk died at Stampede a few d,y $
agu
/ \. NJ {. 4. me, ting at Good Templar
Hall on Wednesday afternoon and even
/ ing.
Gov. Semple will deliver the annual
address Of the Louis county agricultural
/ fair.
/ Palouse City is enthusiastic over the
near advent OF the Spokane & Pa!ouse
railroad.
A large number of passengers arrived
from Victoria today Thirty went TO
Port Angeles.
Among those returning to ClaIam to-
day were: y. Henderson. c. Meyers
and Others
The local hunting party arrived home
yesterday-an now yenison is Plentiful
at our meat market.
Instructions have been received from
the department authorizing the construc-
ton of a new postoffice buil3ing at
Seattle
Senator Garfield of Seattle was in
town today. About half his proposed
railway 6onns has been subscribed at
Whatcom.
Mrs Cougill holds the fort" in the
millinery line. Call at her stand, next
door to the post office if you want to Sc
cure the best and cheapest.
Thomas w. Calhoun, one of the most
extensive farmers on the sound, recently
purchased from J. b. Kelly, of Tacoma,
eighty acres of tide marsh land adjoin-
ing LaConner, in Skagt county for
S8,O9O
MIR. r. X. Latimer and family left to-
day for an extended trip east. During
Mr.. Latimer's absence the prescription
department OF his drug store will be in
charge of Mr.. o. H. Reese, au exper-
fenced druggist from Seattle.
The VI. e. church was well il led yes
tarday morning. and was crowded in the
evening. Mr.. Denison left today for
Seattle aud Tacoma, where he will meet
his family-they having been visiting at
Salem, Or, for several weeks
Mr.. Whitney, publisher and proprie-
tor of the Honolulu Commercial Gazette,
passed through Port Townsend today.
The ARGUS acknowledges pleasant call
from him. He is quite a prominent fig
ure in Hawaiian politics, and has held
importont positions.
Wm. Michel of the DalIes Times
MOuHtdiaeer was elected recently a lay
delegate from the Columbia River NJ. L.
conference tn the general conference to
meet in New York i'll May pexi. Hon
d. Il. Denny of Seattle was elected from
the Puget Sound conference.
An unusual commotion was loticed
this week among the old maids and the
Young widows, and the blushing damseIs,
and the stately matrons. The cause was
finally discovered to be that stock of
splendid millinery at Mrs Cougiil's next
door to the post office, No wonder.
Miss Harrison wishes to announce
that she will be unable to display her
stock of new millinery for customeas in
the McCurdy building for several days
yet. Ladies who cannot wait, however,
caa be accommodated at the cd ss;.i.I-
ARGUS building.
We notice that our friend, Charley
Donovan, is "bus. mang." OF the new
paper at IFhatcom. We haven't a very
clear idea of what bus mang is, but
suppose it must be some new tangled
attachment to a newspaper Office. II it
becomes fashionable the ARGUS must
have a bus maug-even if they come
high.
The Chautauqua class is preparing for
their winters reading. Rev. Depison
has sent off the first order for books and
the circle will meet one week from to-
night for its first lesson. 1t is now the
proper time to join the circle. No more
profitable use of winter evenings can be
fonud than this course of readings. Let
thirty or forty of our young people join.
Give YOUR name to Rev. Mr.. Denison.